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Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has said that Pakistan had recently experienced a worst natural calamity in the form of countrywide floods caused by relentless torrential rains last year

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has said that Pakistan had recently experienced a worst natural calamity in the form of countrywide floods caused by relentless torrential rains last year. These floods adversely affected 33 million across 94 districts of...

UAE, Pakistan agree to expand economic ties in key areas

Federal Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiatives Prof. Ahsan Iqbal and Minister for Economy of United Arab Emirates Mr. Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri on Wednesday agreed to expand economic ties in key areas. Minister for Planning Prof. Ahsan Iqbal met with Minister for Economy of Unite...

Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal meets Minister for Finance of Kuwait Abdul Wahab Al-Rasheed in UAE

Pakistan and Kuwait has agreed to boost economic ties in key areas particularly in energy and trade sector. The agreement came on Tuesday during a meeting between Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Prof Ahsan Iqbal and Minister for Finance of Kuwait Mr. Abdul Wahab Al...

Planning Ministry, PITB signs MoU to implement iPAS

The Ministry of Planning Development & Special Initiatives and Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) has signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU)for the implementation of the Intelligent Project Automation System (iPAS) solution for the Planning Ministry. ...

Federal Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiates Ahasn Iqbal chaired a high level meeting to review progress of the ongoing CPEC Projects here in Islamabad on Thursday

Federal Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiates Ahasn Iqbal chaired a high level meeting to review progress of the ongoing CPEC Projects here in Islamabad on Thursday. Project Director CPEC Dr. Nadeem Javed, representatives from the ministry of foreign affairs, line ministries, Board o...

Iqbal asks Finance Division to resolve issues of scholars under US-Pakistan Knowledge Corridor project

Federal Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiatives has directed the Finance Division to immediately resolve the issues being faced by the scholars during the studies in the USA under the US-Pakistan Knowledge Corridor project initiative by the Higher Education Commission HEC. The Pak...

پاک چین سائنس اینڈ ٹیکنالوجی تعاون کی تقریب احسن اقبال کا خطاب

ملکی برآمدات کو بڑھانے میں حکومت ایکسپورٹرز کو ہر ممکن سہولیات دینے کے لیے بھرپور اقدامات اٹھا رہی ہے: وفاقی وزیر منصوبہ بندی احسن اقبال

CDWP clears ten development projects worth 87.17b

The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has cleared ten development projects worth Rs 87.17 billion during its meeting held on Monday under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal. The meeting was attended by the Secretary Pla...

Political instability, adventurism is the biggest threat to Pakistan's economy: Ahsan Iqbal

Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Prof. Ahsan Iqbal in his address put forward the fact that political instability and adventurism has been the biggest threat to Pakistan's economy. He was speaking at a Round Table Conference on Pakistan’s Economics jointly orga...

“Empowering our youth is empowering Pakistan. Youth are our future.

“Empowering our youth is empowering Pakistan. Youth are our future. Government has embarked upon aligning the development and public policy with our youth by opening new vistas for them through Public Sector Development program internships initiative.” stated the Minister for Planning and Develo...

وفاقی وزیر منصوبہ بندی کا وژن 2025 کے تحت قائم کئے جانے والے 6 سینٹرز آف ایکسی لینس کی کارکردگی کا جائزہ

وفاقی وزیر برائے منصوبہ بندی ترقی اور خصوصی اقدامات، پروفیسر احسن اقبال نے جمعہ کو 2025 کے وژن کے تحت چوتھے صنعتی انقلاب کے تقاضوں کو پورا کرنے کے لیے 2017 میں قائم کیے جا...